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Double-Pfizer but I still wear a mask. Several reasons: reminder to me to be careful touching my face/eyes with dirty hands, and is probably a significant fac

Double-Pfizer but I still wear a mask. Several reasons: reminder to me to be careful touching my face/eyes with dirty hands, and is probably a significant factor in the low flu count last winter. If I suddenly sneeze, you won’t wear it as it’s mainly trapped in the mask. It’s a reminder to others that I’m paying attention as their wearing one reminds me. Finally, if I’m somewhere where talking loudly or yelling is required, it keeps the spittle under control. Watch any concert video up close…. Vaccines aren’t perfect. Those near me might not be vaccinated. No skin off my nose to think of others. Edit: and I wear a multilayer mask not a disguise.

throwawayswede 5y ago
That's what I'm saying. The CDC says fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks or keep physical distancing, yet you're not convinced https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vac.... > Finally, if I’m somewhere where talking loudly or yelling is required, it keeps the spittle under control. Watch any concert video up close…. Question: did you wear a mask before this whole thing? > Vaccines aren’t perfect. You can say that again!
- jleyank 5y ago
  Before? No, but other cultures did and I will probably do so when I have a cold/flu or in flu season going forward. There is logic in such passive protection - I’ll also wash my hands a little more and a little better. I am also unaware of definitive studies that vaccinated people or post-COVID people can’t spread an infection. Fight it, yes, but neutralize it? Let’s also wait until a season passes without a significant COVID spike before we talk about post COVID. Full vaccination rates are below desired guidelines and there are many areas where vaccination is low or basically absent. Canadian guidance: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/vaccines/life-after-vaccination.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/cor...
nikolay 5y ago
Being vaccinated gets you only some assurance that you will not get a severe course of the disease. You can still get sick, you can still get organ and tissue damage, you can still infect others. Discriminating people by vaccinated and unvaccinated is the biggest human rights violation in modern history!

throwawayswede 5y ago

That's what I'm saying. The CDC says fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks or keep physical distancing, yet you're not convinced https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vac.... > Finally, if I’m somewhere where talking loudly or yelling is required, it keeps the spittle under control. Watch any concert video up close…. Question: did you wear a mask before this whole thing? > Vaccines aren’t perfect. You can say that again!

jleyank 5y ago
Before? No, but other cultures did and I will probably do so when I have a cold/flu or in flu season going forward. There is logic in such passive protection - I’ll also wash my hands a little more and a little better. I am also unaware of definitive studies that vaccinated people or post-COVID people can’t spread an infection. Fight it, yes, but neutralize it? Let’s also wait until a season passes without a significant COVID spike before we talk about post COVID. Full vaccination rates are below desired guidelines and there are many areas where vaccination is low or basically absent. Canadian guidance: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/vaccines/life-after-vaccination.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/cor...

nikolay 5y ago

Being vaccinated gets you only some assurance that you will not get a severe course of the disease. You can still get sick, you can still get organ and tissue damage, you can still infect others. Discriminating people by vaccinated and unvaccinated is the biggest human rights violation in modern history!